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Rochdale
2020–21 season
ChairmanAndrew Kilpatrick
ManagerBrian Barry-Murphy
StadiumSpotland Stadium
League One14th
FA CupFirst round
EFL CupSecond round
EFL TrophyGroup stage
Top goalscorerMatty Lund (4)

The 2020–21 Rochdale A.F.C. season is the club's 114th season in their history and the seventh consecutive season in EFL League One, Along with League One, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

First-team squad

As of 18 January 2021

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Name Nat. Position(s) Date of birth (Age) Apps. Goals Year signed Signed from Transfer fee
Goalkeepers
1 Gavin Bazunu Republic of Ireland GK (2002-02-20) 20 February 2002 (age 22) 20 0 2020 England Manchester City Loan
12 Jay Lynch England GK (1993-03-31) 31 March 1993 (age 31) 22 0 2019 England AFC Flyde Loan
30 Ben Charlton England GK 0 0 2020 Academy Trainee
Defenders
2 Ryan McLaughlin Northern Ireland RB/LB/RM (1994-09-30) 30 September 1994 (age 30) 38 0 2019 England Blackpool Undisclosed
3 Gabriel Osho England CB/RB (1998-08-14) 14 August 1998 (age 26) 3 0 2021 England Luton Town Loan
4 Jimmy McNulty England CB/LB (1985-02-13) 13 February 1985 (age 39) 207 4 2015 England Bury Free
5 Paul McShane Republic of Ireland CB (1986-01-06) 6 January 1986 (age 38) 25 1 2019 Free Agent Free
6 Eoghan O'Connell Republic of Ireland CB (1995-08-13) 13 August 1995 (age 29) 60 2 2019 England Bury Free
15 Haydon Roberts England CB/LB/DM (2002-05-10) 10 May 2002 (age 22) 19 0 2020 England Brighton & Hove Albion Loan
19 Yeboah Amankwah England CB (2000-10-19) 19 October 2000 (age 24) 2 0 2020 England Manchester City Loan
32 Joe Dunne England CB/LB (2001-10-25) 25 October 2001 (age 23) 3 0 2020 Academy Trainee
Defenders
7 Stephen Dooley Republic of Ireland LM/RM (1991-10-19) 19 October 1991 (age 33) 82 5 2018 Northern Ireland Coleraine Free
8 Aaron Morley England CM/DM (2000-02-27) 27 February 2000 (age 24) 76 7 2017 Academy Trainee
13 Jimmy Keohane Republic of IrelandEngland CM/AM/RM/RB (1991-01-22) 22 January 1991 (age 33) 76 5 2019 Republic of Ireland Cork City Undisclosed
14 Oliver Rathbone England CM/DM/LM (1996-10-10) 10 October 1996 (age 28) 164 13 2015 England Manchester United Free
16 Matt Done England LM/LW/LB (1988-07-22) 22 July 1988 (age 36) 264 32 2017 England Sheffield United Free
18 Lewis Bradley England CM (2001-05-29) 29 May 2001 (age 23) 8 0 2019 Academy Trainee
20 Jimmy Ryan Republic of IrelandEngland CM/RM/LM (1988-09-06) 6 September 1988 (age 36) 50 1 2019 England Blackpool Free
21 Matty Lund Northern IrelandEngland CM/RB/RM (1990-11-21) 21 November 1990 (age 33) 162 34 2020 England Scunthorpe United Undisclosed
23 Harrison Hopper England Centre midfielder (2000-12-24) 24 December 2000 (age 23) 8 0 2019 Academy Trainee
24 Ethan Brierley England CM 8 0 2020 Academy Trainee
Forwards
9 Stephen Humphrys England CF/RW/LW (1997-09-15) 15 September 1997 (age 27) 14 7 2020 England Southend United Free
10 Alex Newby England RW/CF (1995-11-21) 21 November 1995 (age 28) 29 7 2020 England Chorley Free
11 Jake Beesley England CF (1996-12-12) 12 December 1996 (age 27) 19 3 2020 England Solihull Moors Undisclosed
17 Fábio Tavares Portugal CF/LW/RW (2001-01-22) 22 January 2001 (age 23) 39 4 2019 Academy Trainee
22 Kwadwo Baah England LW/RW (2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 (age 23) 28 3 2019 Academy Trainee

Statistics

As of 30 January 2021
No. Pos Nat Player Total League One F.A. Cup League Cup League Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Republic of Ireland IRL Gavin Bazunu 20 0 17+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF Northern Ireland NIR Ryan McLaughlin 19 0 9+8 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
3 DF England ENG Tolaji Bola 12 0 9+2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
3 DF England ENG Gabriel Osho 3 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
4 DF Scotland SCO Jimmy McNulty 16 0 5+6 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
5 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Paul McShane 8 0 6+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
6 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Eoghan O'Connell 22 2 18+0 1 1+0 0 2+0 1 1+0 0
7 MF Northern Ireland NIR Stephen Dooley 26 1 10+10 1 0+1 0 1+1 0 2+1 0
8 MF England ENG Aaron Morley 31 2 25+0 2 1+0 0 2+0 0 2+1 0
9 FW England ENG Stephen Humphrys 14 7 13+1 7 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
10 FW England ENG Alex Newby 29 7 21+3 6 1+0 0 2+0 0 0+2 1
11 FW England ENG Jake Beesley 19 3 16+0 2 1+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 1
12 GK England ENG Jay Lynch 11 0 8+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
13 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Jimmy Keohane 30 5 23+1 5 1+0 0 2+0 0 2+1 0
14 MF England ENG Oliver Rathbone 28 1 22+0 1 1+0 0 2+0 0 2+1 0
15 DF England ENG Haydon Roberts 19 0 19+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
16 MF England ENG Matt Done 23 1 8+11 1 0+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
17 FW Portugal POR Fábio Tavares 18 2 0+12 1 0+1 0 0+2 0 3+0 1
18 MF England ENG Lewis Bradley 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
19 DF England ENG Yeboah Amankwah 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
20 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Jimmy Ryan 16 0 11+2 0 1+0 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
21 MF Northern Ireland NIR Matty Lund 27 11 24+0 10 1+0 1 1+0 0 1+0 0
22 FW England ENG Kwadwo Baah 18 3 7+7 3 0+0 0 1+1 0 1+1 0
23 MF England ENG Harrison Hopper 3 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
24 MF England ENG Ethan Brierley 8 0 1+3 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 3+0 0
32 DF England ENG Joe Dunne 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
33 DF Poland POL Kacper Mialkowski 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0

Goals record

As of 30 January 2021
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name League One FA Cup League Cup League Trophy Total
1 21 Northern Ireland CM Matty Lund 10 1 0 0 11
3 9 England CF Stephen Humphrys 8 0 0 0 8
2 10 England CF Alex Newby 6 0 0 1 7
4 13 Republic of Ireland AM Jimmy Keohane 5 0 0 0 5
5 22 England CF Kwadwo Baah 3 0 0 0 3
11 England CF Jake Beesley 2 0 0 1 3
7 8 England CM Aaron Morley 2 0 0 0 2
17 Portugal CF Fábio Tavares 1 0 0 1 2
6 Republic of Ireland CB Eoghan O'Connell 1 0 1 0 2
10 7 Northern Ireland RM Stephen Dooley 1 0 0 0 1
14 England CM Oliver Rathbone 1 0 0 0 1
16 England LM/LW/LB Matt Done 1 0 0 0 1
Total 41 1 1 3 46

Disciplinary record

As of 30 January 2021
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name League One FA Cup League Cup League Trophy Total
Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card
1 21 Northern Ireland CM Matty Lund 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 0 0
2 6 Republic of Ireland CB Eoghan O'Connell 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 0
3 14 England CM Oliver Rathbone 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 0 0
4 7 Northern Ireland RM Stephen Dooley 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0
20 Republic of Ireland CM Jimmy Ryan 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
6 11 England CF Jake Beesley 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
22 England CF Kwadwo Baah 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
9 England CF Stephen Humphrys 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
9 2 Northern Ireland RB Ryan McLaughlin 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
5 Republic of Ireland CB Paul McShane 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
10 England CF Alex Newby 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
15 England CB Haydon Roberts 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
23 England CM Harrison Hopper 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
1 Republic of Ireland GK Gavin Bazunu 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
4 Scotland DF Jimmy McNulty 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
16 England LM/LW/LB Matt Done 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Total 33 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 0 0 41 0 1

Transfers

Transfers in

Date Pos. Nat. Name From Fee Ref.
3 August 2020 CF England Alex Newby England Chorley Free transfer [1]
11 September 2020 CF England Stephen Humphrys England Southend United Undisclosed [2]
24 September 2020 CF England Jake Beesley England Solihull Moors Undisclosed [3]
1 February 2021 CM Republic of Ireland Conor Grant England Sheffield Wednesday Undisclosed [4]
1 February 2021 DM Republic of Ireland Conor Shaughnessy England Leeds United Free transfer [5]

Loans in

Date Pos. Nat. Name From Till Ref.
25 August 2020 GK Republic of Ireland Gavin Bazunu England Manchester City End of season [6]
7 September 2020 CB Ghana Yeboah Amankwah England Manchester City End of season [7]
8 October 2020 LB England Tolaji Bola England Arsenal 31 January 2021 [8]
19 October 2020 CB England Haydon Roberts England Brighton & Hove Albion End of season [9]
21 January 2021 CB England Gabriel Osho England Luton Town End of season
[10]
1 February 2021 CF Wales Jack Vale England Blackburn Rovers End of season [11]

Loans out

Date Pos. Nat. Name To Till Ref.
3 September 2020 FW England Keaton Mulvey England Mossley December 2020 [12]
19 September 2020 GK England Bradley Wade England Guiseley End of season [13]
26 September 2020 CM England Lewis Bradley England Bradford (Park Avenue) 31 October 2020 [14]

Transfers out

Date Pos. Nat. Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2020 CF England Calvin Andrew Unattached Released [15]
1 July 2020 CM Northern Ireland Callum Camps England Fleetwood Town Released [15][16]
1 July 2020 CF England Matty Gillam England Guiseley Released [15][17]
1 July 2020 CF Northern Ireland Ian Henderson England Salford City Released [15][18]
1 July 2020 GK England Josh Lillis England Barrow Released [15][19]
1 July 2020 RB Northern Ireland Ryan McLaughlin Unattached Released [15]
1 July 2020 CF England Aaron Wilbraham Unattached Released [15]
1 July 2020 DM Wales Jordan Williams England Blackpool Released [15][20]
8 July 2020 RB Scotland John Stewart Gibraltar Europa Point Free transfer [21]
14 September 2020 CF England Morgan Moreland England Ramsbottom United Free transfer [22]
1 February 2021 CF England Fabio Tavares England Coventry City Undisclosed [23]

Pre-season

Rochdale announced two pre-season friendlies against Atherton Collieries[24] and Stockport County.[25]

19 August 2020 Friendly Atherton Collieries 1–4 Rochdale Atherton
19:30 BST Rokka 9' (pen.) Report Newby 2', 16'
Ryan 6'
Morley 61' (pen.)
Stadium: Skuna Stadium
Attendance: 0
22 August 2020 Friendly Stockport County 0–2 Rochdale Stockport
13:00 BST Report Lund 59'
Baah 90'
Stadium: Edgeley Park
Attendance: 0
25 August 2020 Friendly Oldham Athletic 0–1 Rochdale Oldham
13:00 BST Report Newby 63' Stadium: Chapel Road
Attendance: 0
29 August 2020 Friendly Port Vale 2–1 Rochdale Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 BST Conlon 45' (pen.), 56' (pen.) Report Morley 65' (pen.) Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 0

Competitions

EFL League One

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
17 Shrewsbury Town 46 13 15 18 50 57 −7 54
18 Plymouth Argyle 46 14 11 21 53 80 −27 53
19 AFC Wimbledon 46 12 15 19 54 70 −16 51
20 Wigan Athletic 46 13 9 24 54 77 −23 48
21 Rochdale (R) 46 11 14 21 61 78 −17 47 Relegation to EFL League Two
22 Northampton Town (R) 46 11 12 23 41 67 −26 45
23 Swindon Town (R) 46 13 4 29 55 89 −34 43
24 Bristol Rovers (R) 46 10 8 28 40 70 −30 38
Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences[26]
(R) Relegated

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
25 6 8 11 40 48  −8 26 1 6 5 16 25  −9 5 2 6 24 23  +1

Last updated: 30 January 2021.
Source: BBC

Results by matchday

Matchday12345678910111213141516171819202122232425
GroundAHAHAHAAHHAHHAHAAHHAHAAHA
ResultLDLWLLWWDDLLDWLLWLDDDLDLW
Position19212317182317151414162020171820161821201818181818
Updated to match(es) played on 9 January 2021. Source: 11v11 for league tables and fixtures
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

The 2020–21 season fixtures were released on 21 August.[27]

12 September 2020 1 Swindon Town 3–1 Rochdale Swindon
15:00 BST T. Smith 4'
Grant 33'
M. Smith 41'
Jaiyesimi Yellow card 46'
Pitman Yellow card 90'
Report Lund Yellow card 89'
Keohane 90+3'
Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 0
Referee: Alan Young
20 September 2020 2 Rochdale 0–0 Portsmouth Rochdale
15:00 BST McShane Yellow card 86' Report Brown Yellow card 43'
Naylor Yellow card 51'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Michael Salisbury
26 September 2020 3 Ipswich Town 2–0 Rochdale Ipswich
15:00 BST Bishop 53'
Edwards 59'
Nolan Yellow card 65'
Report Ryan Yellow card 8'
O'Connell Yellow card 50'
Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 0
Referee: John Busby
3 October 2020 4 Rochdale 2–1 Fleetwood Town Rochdale
15:00 BST Lund 13'
Beesley Yellow card 39'
Tavares 90'
Report Hill Yellow card 54'
Saunders 77'
Evans Yellow card 90+1'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: James Oldham
10 October 2020 5 Accrington Stanley 2–1 Rochdale Accrington
15:00 BST Pritchard 64'
Russell 66'
Report Keohane 54' Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 0
Referee: Scott Oldham
17 October 2020 6 Rochdale 0–3 Hull City Rochdale
15:00 BST Beesley Yellow card 67'
Lund Yellow card 81'
Report Wilks 20', 73'
Magennis 75'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Gavin Ward
20 October 2020 7 Burton Albion 0–1 Rochdale Burton
19:45 BST O'Toole Yellow card 35' Report Lund 49'
Roberts Yellow card 50'
Stadium: Pirelli Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sam Purkiss
24 October 2020 8 Shrewsbury Town 1–2 Rochdale Shrewsbury
15:00 BST Vela Yellow card 39'
Pierre 45+2' Yellow card 86'
Fossey Yellow card 59'
Report Rathbone 22'
Newby 36'
Stadium: New Meadow
Attendance: 0
Referee: Carl Brook
27 October 2020 9 Rochdale 2–2 Sunderland Rochdale
19:45 GMT McLaughlin Yellow card 21'
Lund 25', 44'
Ryan Yellow card 63'
Rathbone Yellow card 90+2'
Report Wyke 15'
Wright 40'
Sanderson Yellow card 79'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: James Bell
31 October 2020 10 Rochdale 1–1 Bristol Rovers Rochdale
15:00 GMT Newby 25'
Rathbone Yellow card 50'
Lund Yellow card 80'
O'Connell Yellow card 90'
Report Nicholson 9'
Grant Yellow card 34'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Steve Martin
3 November 2020 11 Oxford United 3–1 Rochdale Oxford
19:00 GMT Moore 35', 82'
Shodipo 58'
Henry Yellow card 72'
Clare Yellow card 90+5'
Report Lund 42' (pen.)
Ryan Yellow card 45'
Rathbone Yellow card 56'
Stadium: Kassam Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: David Rock
14 November 2020 P Charlton Athletic P–P Rochdale London
Stadium: The Valley
Note: Postponed due to international call-ups for four Charlton Athletic players.
21 November 2020 12 Rochdale 0–1 AFC Wimbledon Rochdale
15:00 GMT Report Hartigan Yellow card 30'
McLoughlin Yellow card 72'
Chislett 90+2'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Declan Bourne
24 November 2020 13 Rochdale 1–1 Northampton Town Rochdale
19:00 GMT Humphrys 85' Report Smith 20'
Sowerby Yellow card 79'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Andy Haines
1 December 2020 14 Plymouth Argyle 0–4 Rochdale Plymouth
19:45 GMT Report Beesley 3'
Morley 23'
Keohane 45+12'
Humphrys 72'
Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Will Finnie
5 December 2020 15 Rochdale 0–2 Lincoln City Rochdale
15:00 GMT Lund Yellow card 54'
O'Connell Yellow card 90+2'
Report Edun Yellow card 14'
Jones 38'
Montsma 68'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sam Allison
12 December 2020 16 Peterborough United 4–1 Rochdale Peterborough
15:00 GMT Clarke-Harris 5' (pen.), 10', 22'
Beevers Yellow card 36'
Thompson 40' Yellow card 45+1'
Report Humphrys 9' Stadium: London Road Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Brett Huxtable
15 December 2020 17 Wigan Athletic 0–5 Rochdale Wigan
19:00 GMT Long Yellow card 37'
Perry Yellow card 45'
Tilt Yellow card 55'
James Yellow card 61'
Report Baah 4'
Lund 19' Yellow card 60'
Dooley Yellow card 52' 58'
Newby 64' (pen.), 90+2'
Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Graham Salisbury
19 December 2020 18 Rochdale 1–4 Gillingham Rochdale
13:00 GMT O'Connell 90+2'Yellow card 90+4' Report McKenzie 9'
Akinde 21', 47' (pen.)
Ogilvie 45+1'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ollie Yates
26 December 2020 P Blackpool P–P Rochdale Blackpool
Stadium: Bloomfield Road
9 January 2021 19 Rochdale 3–3 Crewe Alexandra Rochdale
15:00 GMT Lund Yellow card 41' 60', 84'
Morley 47'
Report Finney 6', 35'
Dale 23'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Andy Haines
12 January 2021 20 Charlton Athletic 4–4 Rochdale London
19:00 GMT Aneke 23', 65'
Pearce Yellow card 29' Yellow-red card 88'
Forster-Caskey 37'
Gilbey Yellow card 40'
Schwartz 67'
Morgan Yellow card 84'
Report Lund 12'
Baah 21', 31'
Humphrys 42' Yellow card 42'
Bazunu Yellow card 69'
Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 0
Referee: Trevor Kettle
16 January 2021 21 Rochdale 3–3 Wigan Athletic Rochdale
15:00 GMT Humphrys 7', 90+5'
McNulty Red card 43'
Lund Yellow card 48'
Beesley 58'
Report Joseph 9'
Lang 16'
Perry Yellow card 73'
Keane 77'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Robert Madley
19 January 2021 22 Doncaster Rovers 1–0 Rochdale Doncaster
19:00 GMT Taylor 31' Report Baah Yellow card 83' Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Seb Stockbridge
23 January 2021 23 Gillingham 2–2 Rochdale Gillingham
15:00 GMT Oliver 43' Yellow card 64'
Akinde 90+3'
Report Lund Yellow card 11'
Keohane 69', 75'
Baah Yellow card 85'
Stadium: Priestfield Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Christopher Pollard
26 January 2021 24 Rochdale 3–4 Oxford United Rochdale
19:00 GMT Done Yellow card 6' 22'
Humphrys 30' Yellow card 77'
Rathbone Yellow card 48'
Lund 64'
Report Agyei 12'
Moore 49'
Brannagan Yellow card 60'
Henry 62'
Shodipo 90+2'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ross Joyce
30 January 2021 25 Bristol Rovers 1–2 Rochdale Bristol
15:00 GMT Leahy 34' Report Newby 16', 64'
Dooley Yellow card 75'
Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Declan Bourne

FA Cup

The draw for the first round was made on Monday 26, October.[28]

  Win   Draw   Loss

7 November 2020 First round Rochdale 1–2 Stockport County Rochdale
15:00 GMT Lund 22' Report Rooney 7'
Reid 14'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Scott Oldham

EFL Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

The first round draw was made on 18 August, live on Sky Sports, by Paul Merson.[29] The draw for both the second and third round were confirmed on September 6, live on Sky Sports by Phil Babb.[30]

5 September 2020 First round Huddersfield Town 0–1 Rochdale Huddersfield
15:00 BST Report O'Connell 51' Stadium: The John Smith's Stadium[31]
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ben Toner
15 September 2020 Second round Rochdale 0–2 Sheffield Wednesday Rochdale
19:45 BST O'Connell Yellow card 45+1'
Rathbone Yellow card 90+2'
Report Pelupessy Yellow card 34'
Kachunga 54'
Hunt Yellow card 57'
Reach Yellow card 64'
Windass 88'
Stadium: Crown Oil Arena
Referee: Seb Stockbridge

EFL Trophy

  Win   Draw   Loss

The regional group stage draw was confirmed on 18 August.[32]

Pos Div Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L2 Salford City 3 2 0 0 1 4 7 −3 6 Advance to Round 2
2 ACA Manchester United U21 3 1 1 0 1 6 4 +2 5
3 L1 Rochdale 3 1 0 1 1 3 3 0 4
4 L2 Morecambe 3 1 0 0 2 5 4 +1 3
Source: EFL.com
8 September 2020 (2020-09-08) Group stage Morecambe 1–2 Rochdale Morecambe
19:45 BST Lavelle 23' Yellow card 55'
O'Sullivan Yellow card 61'
Report Tavares 86'
Newby 90+3'
Stadium: Mazuma Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Samuel Barrott
29 September 2020 Group stage Rochdale 0–0
(4–5 p)
Manchester United U21 Rochdale
19:45 BST Lund Yellow card 27'
Done Yellow card 65'
Newby Yellow card 80'
Hopper Yellow card 85'
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Martin Coy
Penalties
Morley soccer ball with red X
Newby soccer ball with check mark
Tavares soccer ball with check mark
Keohane soccer ball with check mark
Rathbone soccer ball with check mark
Hopper soccer ball with red X
Mejbri soccer ball with check mark
McCann soccer ball with check mark
Wellens soccer ball with red X
Hansen-Aaroen soccer ball with check mark
Elanga soccer ball with check mark
Hugill soccer ball with check mark
10 November 2020 (2020-11-10) Group stage Rochdale 1–2 Salford City Rochdale
19:00 GMT Beesley 8'
Rathbone Yellow card 80'
O'Connell Yellow card 90+6'
Report Andrade 53'
Golden Yellow card 57'
Dieseruvwe 82' (pen.)
Burgess Yellow card 90+4'
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Robert Madley

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